Possibly Nerve Pain from a Spinal Injury?

Does this sound like nerve pain or more like an arthritis?

I've had upper back pain near my neck for about 10 years that I let hang around, never testing or treating it. Also know, I've trained in the gym as a bodybuilding for nearly 20 years as well and never witnessed these symptoms. Now I'm trying to understand a new onset of symptoms, with recent tests Bloodwork, MRI of entire back and neck and X-rays which show the below:

• Herniated discs: C5 to C7
• 4 Bulging discs lower back
• Received Medial Branch Blocker 2 weeks before all of these new pains began, coincidence?

**Most of my bloodwork returned normal, tests performed: **

• RF
• C-Reactive Protein
• Sedimentation
• Antinuclear Antibodies

Folates: Very Low

HLA B27 was positive

Currently seeing:

• Spine specialist
• Pain Mgmt - Only for a spinal injection
• GP
• Neurologist: EMG test scheduled for next month
• Rheumatologist: Waiting to see next month

The spine specialist I'm seeing said there could be a nerve that is impinged. So I received an epidural injection in my cervical area, no relief. I yet to understand how so many areas can hurt

I have no swelling or redness or no stiffness i think... Possibly a little swelling in the fingers, very hard to tell, not enough that someone notices.

My pain symptoms:

Fingers, toes, and ears feel cold frequently then will warm up

2nd and 3rd knuckles have pain intermittently

Some numbness occasionally in my fingers, not as often

Pain sometimes in the bottom of my feet intermittently

Sharp Pains on the side or front of ankles intermittently

Pain in wrists intermittently

Occasional burning inner tricep a few times, felt like a sunburn almost

Muscular twitching through body randomly, mainly leg or triceps which is fine doesn't hurt

Dull pain in knees sometimes

Back of legs ache some when sitting

Feet and back of heels hurt if standing or walking very long

Pain area constantly rotates and is hard to explain the type of pain:

Pain can be sharp shooting, ache, electric pinch pain, light ache pulses

All of this came on so sudden, over night... really - most of the symptoms at once=

Literally two weeks after i had a nerve block injection this all happened, coincidence i guess

Can anyone relate or theories of what could be at the root of these pains? I went from 38 to 104 overnight

Thanks so much in advance

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